Chapter 10: The Smoke of Gunpowder
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is not yet old, and the women are heroic, but Liu Diluo is light.
Nine deaths without regrets, Yuwei stabbed the enemy, and found a marquis for her husband.
Wei Wei is eternal, surging and strange, and the world is shocked by red sleeves.
- "Beiming Epic: Xiong Luo's Song"
When they got out of the city gate, they were getting closer and closer, and they saw the respective warships of Beiming and Luowei, and saw that the Beiming army had landed, and thousands of cavalry gathered on the side of the west gate, divided into five roads.
The battle formation is rigorous, pushing mountain artillery, trebuchets and crossbow fire ballistas, and the fire of the battle is soaring to the sky.
In the fireworks, I saw the figure that was haunted by the most haunting dreams at this life-and-death juncture, and I thought that I would never see it again - the dark bright light soft armor on his body, the shining silver shadow soul chasing gun in his hand, and the horizontal knife immediately sassy and heroic, but who else was Qin Qing?
My heart was surging with blood for a while, but the horse suddenly began to gallop in the direction of Qin Qing as if it was crazy.
I looked closely, and it turned out that Xiong Luoer had stabbed a short blade in the horse's thigh, and the horse ran wildly in pain.
Luo'er galloped wildly while shouting to Qin Qing: "General Qin, Xiong Luo'er is here, please cover and answer."
Before he could finish his sentence, the samurai of the Kosuke army behind him had already realized that something was wrong, and drew their bows with fire and fired a volley.
Xiong Luo'er turned over and went down with the hidden horse, and the horse was hit by several swords in a short time, screaming and neighing, and his body was on fire.
Qin Qing also immediately drove his horse to respond, and the crossbowmen behind him fired poisonous arrows into Haojie's army, suppressing its offensive.
By the time Qin Qing arrived, Xiong Luo'er had quickly retreated to Qin Qing's entourage, freed me from my horse, tied me directly to Qin Qing's horse, and said to Qin Qing:
"It's General Fu Yannian, he was seriously injured when he stabbed the enemy, my sister can take him to seek medical treatment quickly first, so as to avoid worrying about his life" After saying that, he jumped on the back of Qin Qing's entourage and said, "I'll cover it"
"Lin Ning, you dismount and ride with Wang Hui, and give the arquebus and arrows to General Xiong," Qin Qing instructed the man who followed him.
The man was ordered to dismount, take the belongings and put them in the saddle bag of the horse on which Xiong Luoer was riding, and then jumped on another horse and rode with the other man.
The two sides were still fighting, and arquebuses and ammonium nitrate shells cracked:
"In this way, Sima Le was also injured, so he immediately broke through and returned to the camp with me to go to the medical officer, and the other scouts and traitors temporarily listened to General Xiong Luo'er's orders, and fought and retreated, until they met with General Zhu Prince Ning."
After finishing speaking, Qin Qing gave Xiong Luo'er the token on his body, and asked her to see Prince Ning explain the order on his behalf, and he turned his horse's head and galloped away in the direction of the camp tent of the Beiming Water Division.
Although the severe pain hit under the violent bumps of the horse, I was still fascinated to see this scene, and the heart of Xiong Luo'er was really behind the door, although he was so young, weak and slender, on the battlefield on horseback, he did not let the eyebrows be shaved at all, and I could really see the demeanor of Xiong Huaiyi in the three armies of the Xinyue Yongguan back then.
It's just that General Xiong Huaiyi was such a talent back then, a new Yue Xian Emperor who didn't care about the overall situation, and pushed him directly to the situation where he was surrounded and captured by a lone army during the war with Jin Russia.
On the same battlefield, we can truly understand the sadness of the heroic end of the brave generals, and we can also understand why Xiong Huaiyi is willing to serve Beiming in the end. The murderous political field behind the bloody battlefield is where the three armies are not buried.
Xiong Luo'er led the troops to resist Haojie, and Haojie's main force was busy going to gather the Luo Wei Shui Division to fight in unity, and for a while, Qin Qing's side had not encountered any big enemies after galloping thousands of miles.
I was so tired that I fell asleep under my horse's belly in the light of the fire.
Until he woke up in the camp tent of the military medical officer, he didn't see Qin Qing, and he was suspicious in his heart, seeing that his wound had been re-bandaged and treated with medicine, and the medical officer and the injured soldier next to him were all from Beiming, thinking that they should have been in the camp of the Beiming Water Division. The medical officer, who barely grabbed the side closest to the bed, asked:
"Sir, did you see the woman who brought me back? Where did she go? ”
"What gentleman, woman, I am Li Congshi, the medical officer of the four-grade leopard, just call me General Li" This medical officer looked quite arrogant, and he was quite proud of Congrong, but he was also very cute, just listen to him again
"There's still a war going on outside, so General Qin Qing naturally won't be here."
I couldn't hide my disappointment when I heard a very soft voice next to me say softly:
"General Qin Qing went to save the people in the painting boat, and by the way, he went to retrieve the 'turtle' that the general wanted to give to Prince Ning, and it should come back from time to time."
I turned my face sideways and saw that it was Sima Le, who had come back with Qin Qing with me because of a shot wound in his left leg.
I was very worried in my heart, since the painting boat had the person who assassinated the main general of Luo Wei, I am afraid that it has already been surrounded.
What a risk to save people at this time, it's so easy to say goodbye, if Qin Qing can't come back well...... I refrained from daring to allow myself to think of any terrible possibility, but where did I refrain from staying.
On weekdays, I am only a rough man, although I have a understanding of the affairs of men and women, but I have never been as obsessed with love words as Kong Lifei, nor as obsessed with beautiful words as Huang Chun, but this time after the line of life and death, my heart suddenly stirred up the feelings of thousands of infatuated men and women.
At that moment I understood that I was just an ordinary man, not a lonely sage, I longed to see her again, I didn't want to die, I wanted to live well, it was my wish to protect my family and defend the country, and the joy of the countryside was also what I wanted, and at this moment, how could I be embarrassed to say that the worries and sufferings in my heart were known to others?
After tossing and turning like this for most of the day, I finally fell asleep in a daze, and it was like a dream in which Qin Qing was attacked on all sides on the painting boat, and I was in a hurry, and I seemed to dream that she came to beat me every day in the martial arts school.
One moment of joy, one moment of sorrow, and finally woke up from a dream, but saw himself lying in a single military tent, and said, "But I woke up."
Facing the still smiling and weird face above my face, who is not Huang Chun?
Looking at Qin Qing next to me, I not only sat up in pain, but also looked her up and down for a long time before I said, "Why did you go to the painting boat?" It's too dangerous there. Where is this? ”
"Hey, you kid has no conscience," Huang Chun quipped me.
"Miss Qin has taken care of you for two days, I've only been here for a long time, and you've been calling people in your dreams many times, why, when you wake up, you will first worry about the number of people This is General Qin Qiong's camp, you kid dove occupied the magpie's nest for several days, and General Qin Qiong and I lived in the same account."
I saw Qin Qing's face immediately turned crimson with shame, thinking that I was afraid that I really said something in my dream, and I was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, I was very thick-skinned, and quickly thought of a countermeasure: "You go to save the beauty of the hero of Miss Wei Fu, but it's smooth sailing, and the spring breeze is proud, right?" ”
"Speaking of saving beauty," Huang Chun snorted slightly, "Miss Shi, none of them came back, but Xiong Luo'er and Qin Qing rescued you." ”
"What about the assassination?" I asked, wishing that the girls who had given such a good life would get what they wanted, "What about the dead and wounded of the generals?" Has the ordnance been burned? Did the drawings steal out? How's it going? ”
"The assassination was very successful, Xiong Luo'er assassinated Luo Wei's main general Xixiang Longgu, and the official worshiped Luo Weida's words.
The girls of the Phoenix Pavilion successfully assassinated one of the generals of the Rawa, Hayakawa Nensai, the official Bai Rawa Left Konoe General, the two partial generals Nobumasa Maruko and Minongamatsu, the official to the Sakyo Doctor and the Nakabu Doctor, and the two lower generals Tahara Kojiro and Okamura Keiyo, and the official positions were the Right Omi Supervisor and the Beizhong Guard.
I don't know what the scene was at that time, anyway, so many high-ranking generals died at the same time at once, and any army would have to be chaotic.
But I have to say that Luo Wei has a great sense of discipline and combat power, and there is almost no civil strife, but there was a panic and command miscommand for a while, and he was soon assembled again. ”
Huang Chun saw that my expression was not good, and hurriedly said, "Fortunately, after all, we have been preparing for a long time, planning and then acting, so this battle has been lost in their temple, and they will still lose in the end with courage and discipline."
General Zhu had made a feint to attack the south gate several times in the previous half a month, and this time he also made a feint to attack the south gate first to create chaos, and the heavy troops broke through the west gate, taking advantage of the chaos to rush straight to the armory and grain and grass warehouse, and the ordnance drawings were not expected to be stored here, so they burned their heavy food. ”
Huang Chun said very calmly, looked at me, and Fang continued, "But on the way to retreat, our army was also intercepted by the Japanese general Kosuke, who quickly organized a counterattack, and the naval division was directly organized by General Zhu and Prince Jing to engage Luo Wei at sea.
However, most of the Japanese warships were clad in iron and copper, and it was difficult to succeed in the fire attack, and the fire rows, bamboo rafts, and incendiary bombs set up by the downwind failed to ignite the Luo warships.
The warriors we sent to scuttle the ships were almost completely killed and wounded, and twelve large and small ships were sunk, and the painting boats were fired into a sea of fire by the fire crossbow in retaliation.
Even Miss Xiong Luo'er was seriously injured, lost an arm, and is still unconscious, Kong Lifei has been there to take care of it, saying that there is no danger to her life, but hey, she is only sixteen years old, her future is immeasurable, and her qualifications and character are good, which is a pity. ”
I listened quietly, the smoke was like in front of me, for a long time, I didn't know what to say, suddenly remembered, and asked, "What about the 'turtle'?" Is the stuff we arranged on it still there? ”
"The 'turtle' was saved, after all, it was something that no one expected," Huang Chun looked at me with a comforting look and said:
"The above things are still there, I have been discussing our plan with Prince Ning, Prince Ning thinks it is very feasible, but this matter has to be reported to General Zhu and Prince Jing in detail, and they should be prepared in detail.
But because of our plan, after you recover from your injuries, you can't go back with Kong Lifei, Wei Fu, and Luo'er, and we have to help in the war here. ”
I let out a long sigh and nodded. Although the deceased is gone, the memory is especially shocking in my heart.
Thinking of the emotional national funeral song, it is not the girls who sang it for their own lives, so I, a man who is not easy to be sad, have been shocked repeatedly, because it is the art of singing with life, what can be more moving and shocking than life?
"I want to go see Luo'er," I said to Qin Qing, "After all, she saved my life, and I feel guilty that she hasn't woken up yet." ”
Qin Qing also sighed, looked at me with understanding and equally compassionate eyes, but said in his mouth, "You can raise it for a few more days and then go, after all, the weather is getting hotter, and if the wound starts, it will leave a bane."
Your heart, we all understand. But you don't have to feel too guilty, Luo'er didn't save you from being injured, but was injured by a fallen pillar during the battle.
I think that General Xiong would let his daughter do such a dangerous thing, and in his heart, he should not blame others for any damage.
Even my brother and I, what life and death on the battlefield, my father can only lament, and will not resent others. ”
I deeply heard the same sad feelings in Qin Qing's heart as mine, but still said, "She just doesn't blame me, I always feel a little ashamed of Kong Lifei."
"It's good that you take care of your injuries," Huang Chun next to him comforted, "Where is Lifei's kung fu to blame you?" When the bear girl was injured, he was next to him, and he couldn't do anything, this is the battlefield, where did you get so many emotions and six desires? ”
I thought about it, and it seems that it is true, since I was injured, the fragile side of my heart suddenly showed up without any traces, and with this period of cultivation, I did think too much about emotions.
Mother-in-law and mother-in-law, it is no wonder that since ancient times, most of the literati and writers who have been sad in spring and autumn are not very healthy, and most of them are originally people who are not in good health, and they are most likely to be sad in spring and autumn.
"I have a Chinese language there, are you interested in reading it?" Huang Chun said again:
"I've read it a few times in the past few days, and I copied it again, thinking that when you and I followed a few girls in Weiyu City in the past few days, I finally felt that since I was at war with the Japanese people, it would be inconvenient to not understand the Japanese language, or, while you were free to recuperate from your injuries, I would send you to see this to relieve your boredom, and it would not be so much for you to think about."
"Okay," I looked at Huang Chun, then at Qin Qing, and said, "Then Qing'er, can you help me get it later?" ”。
Qin Qing was stunned for a moment, nodded again, and said, "It's also lunchtime, I'll go and see if the for-profit brothers can have a meal, and I'll get some for you, and I'll bring you the books by the way." With that, he smiled and turned to leave the tent.
After Qin Qing left, we asked Huang Chun, "Did Wei Fu say how she was injured, how she was rescued, and how she was arranged on Yushan Island?" ”
"Hey, in fact, you don't have to leave Qin Qing to ask about this matter," Huang Chun frowned and said:
"According to Wei Fu's own words, her entry into the city to heal her injuries, as well as the waist armor needed when a few of us went out of the city together, were all secretly arranged by the owner of Yushan Island, and the owner of Yushan Island is afraid that the intentions of the owner of Yushan Island are still quite hanging, and there is a great hope of winning over to our side."
"Yes," I looked into his eyes, and pouted as I tacitly understood each other.
"The owner of the island is a smart man, born in troubled times, he naturally hopes that both sides and even three sides will leave some way to survive. It's just that the owner of the island can take such a big risk to receive Wei Fu, what is the way here? ”
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure who Wei Fu is now, it's true that she's from Beiming, but," he hesitated slightly, and then said, "It's nothing, it's too early to say this"
"Do you think she is the one of the great prince?" I asked him softly.
"At this moment, the enemy is not the time to think about these things." Huang Chun hesitated for a moment, then changed the topic again, and said, "Since the Yushan Island Lord is smart, he should also know that he can get much more by cooperating with us than by compromising with Luo Wei.
Whether he descends to Xinyue or Beiming, he is a prince, and if he does whatever he wants on the island, Xinyue Beiming will not interfere with him in peacetime, and will give him a lot of help to win each other.
And now that he is under the control of Luo Wei, he has become a poor creature who trembles and is precarious about everything-the problem is only, hey, he is not sure if we can defeat Luo Wei.
After all, Luo Wei has been plundering and attacking at sea for more than 100 years, so he is naturally very strong about things at sea, and this is not an overnight thing.
But since we are here, there is no reason to be timid, and where the common interests lie, there must be a way to cooperate with the outside. ”
"That's right. Well, no one wants that, especially those of us," I said, kicking the sand under my feet.
"It's just that I think this makes Beiming forced to deal with Luo Wei in advance, I'm afraid that someone will be heavier than Xinyue and benefit more than Xinyue."
"Hey, you've just woken up and thought so clearly, what's the good of it?" Huang Chun said,
"After all, this is a foregone conclusion. I've also thought about a lot of things in this situation, but when I saw you and Luo'er unconscious, I felt that maybe I should focus my spirit on helping the prince fight this war more smoothly.
At present, we have burned grain and grass and baggage, but in fact, it is a very good opportunity for our army, and we should have the opportunity to show surprise and win. ”
"Assist the prince?" When I saw that he sighed for a long time, but refused to be as straightforward as usual, I had to pick out more clearly:
"Do you mean to assist Prince Ning, or to assist Prince Jing? I think that it is really scheming and treacherous to be able to play this game this time and let the lord send such a lineup to fight.
In the end, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, no matter how it is handled, it is their side that benefits a lot. I know that you favor Miss Wei Fu and find this matter difficult, but after all, family affairs are family affairs, state affairs are state affairs, **** is one thing, and position is another."
"What do you mean?" Huang Chun sighed again, and said, "It is true that some people do not have the ability to pay for government affairs, nor are they good at military affairs, and they do not see their strengths in enriching the country and strengthening the army, but they engage in these tricks, which are first-class." ”
"Yes, it's really vicious, first take advantage of Xinyue's psychology that Beiming wants to enter the battlefield early, and give Xinyue a chance to use false intelligence to instigate Luo Wei to attack Beiming first;
and then gave orders in danger, unable to grasp victory, and only wanted to delay the battle, and pushed it to Prince Jing, who was the most capable military at this time and a strong contender for the prince;
Then he pushed Prince Jing's younger brother, Prince Ning, to the front line together, humming "I said mockingly.
"Originally, this battle, which was only ready to start in two years, is now fought in advance, and the chances of victory are very small, if it is defeated, Prince Jing's prestige in the army will naturally be damaged, and his position in front of the lord will also be shaken;
Even if it wins, eighty percent is a miserable victory, 10,000 steps back, even if it is a big victory by all means, when the time comes, you can create a situation like Prince Jing can win, win the hearts of the army, and its military power needs to be tempered.
The key is that even if there is no relationship with this section, they still involve Prince Ning in this war, and if they are defeated, they will naturally say that Prince Ning is also a general of the defeated army, and it is not enough to be brave;
If Prince Jing wins, he can also use Prince Ning's performance in the war to make a fuss, after all, Prince Ning also has the strength to take the throne, if Prince Ning performs well, he can provoke Prince Ning and Prince Jing's brother to compete.
After all, Prince Ning and Prince Jing have similar backgrounds, they are both military generals, their uncles are the largest arms and ordnance dealers, and their mothers are the most favored concubines.
If Prince Ning behaves badly, then the Beiming spy forces, which have always made them salivate, but can't get it, won't have a way to change hands from General Qin Yi, who is good friends with Prince Ning. You say, "This battle was fought two years ahead of schedule, and who will benefit?" ”
"Hey, you say this, think like this, in fact, your injury recovery is not good," Huang Chun said indifferently, "These things, even if you understand, what can you do?"
It's not that I don't want to delve into this matter because of Wei Fu, but I don't want to waste my wits on doing some useless things with these villains, and as for how to deal with it, I have my own way," he said, and he sighed and said:
"What I think, naturally, is first of all that this extremely difficult battle must be won, only if it is won, Prince Jing's position can be stabilized, and if Prince Jing is as safe as Mount Tai, it is easy to protect Prince Ning's advantages in all aspects.
Recently, I have carefully read many historical materials about brothers serving as generals in the army, and I have found that for the brothers' relationship foundation is good, there is a certain age gap, and the younger brother is not more talented than the elder brother, but he also has considerable talent, in this case, the best result should actually be to become the shadow of the elder brother. ”
"Brother's shadow?" I was intrigued and asked, "Would you like to hear about it." ”
Huang Chun didn't look at me, so he said to himself, "In the case of this kind of close relatives in the army and similar advantages, in fact, as long as there is an elder brother with outstanding intelligence, at least it must be maintained on the surface."
If the younger brother shows too much intelligence, or is equal to the intelligence of the elder brother, then the officers and men in the army are naturally easy to be divided into two factions, and chaos will occur, so that both sides will lose and weaken their own strength;
At the same time, the younger brother should also have a pure heart and few desires, do not fight for merit, and assist the elder brother to expand the results of the battle as much as possible, and at the same time do not compete with the generals in the army, and attribute the results and achievements to the generals as much as possible.
Because as long as the elder brother has excellent intelligence and a stable position, the younger brother does not need to rely on military exploits like the generals because of blood relations, as long as the younger brother has no major faults, he will be very stable in his due power without great merit.
And once he competes with the generals, it will cause dissatisfaction among some generals, which will make the internal slander to the elder brother from the inside and divide the internally.
As long as the younger brother attributes all the achievements he has done to the generals and his elder brother, he is a symbol and shadow of his brother's wise and martial talents in the army, which not only plays a role, but also does not seek fame and fortune at all, does not compete with his elder brother for prestige and status, and does not compete with the generals for his military exploits, only in this way is the best place to settle down for his brother's future. ”
"What you say makes a lot of sense," I thought to myself, Huang Chun is indeed a talent, he is not the kind of treacherous strategist who creates problems between people in order to get rid of the fire, but he is a master of dealing with and dealing with the traps laid by those treacherous strategists.
Or should it be said that he has a higher sentiment and wisdom than those treacherous strategists, and he is clear-hearted but not drilled, and his mind is meticulous but open-minded.
It's just that sometimes I don't fully believe that just a kind thing to deal with and resolve like this, will it cope with the waves of treacherous and ruthless guns and arrows in the court?
I also sighed and said, "It's just that in this way, I will take the initiative to ask Prince Ning to withdraw from the competition for the throne, and I am determined to be a person who does not seek to be heard." Today's Prince Ning naturally does not have those evil thoughts, and regards Prince Jing as a brother, an idol and a benchmark.
Naturally, he is already the shadow of Prince Jing, as long as he pays attention not to compete with the soldiers, it is not difficult to do it. But what about the future?
With the change of status, age, identity, prestige, position, etc., under the shroud of dazzling power desire, can people always maintain such a heart? It's really not easy. ”
"Hey, you can rest too," Huang Chun looked at me, and all kinds of complicated expressions appeared on his face:
"I know that you are thinking so much about Prince Ning and our group of friends, but it is also to identify that Xinyue is not the mastermind in forcing Beiming to start a war in advance, in fact, you still worry too much.
Between countries, between people, there is no need to be attached to every detail, most people do not live pure, and the light is the same as the dust, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, a country or a person, all the same.
As long as Prince Ning can understand his situation and understand what the best outcome he will have in the long run, I believe that Prince Ning, regardless of whether he will change his heart or not, will be pushed to be the shadow of Prince Jing, Prince Jing's arm, live under his halo, become a generation of famous generals and give up developing his handsome talents
-- After all, this result was the best result that Prince Ning could have pursued the advantages and avoided the disadvantages. Don't worry, Prince Ning is a wise man and a loving brother, otherwise, we wouldn't have worked hard for him. ”
"Of course I hope so," I said lazily, "Kong Lifei is right, I and you, it's really a sense of brightness, and you are always the one who is higher." Don't let the scheming villain succeed. ”
"Hehe, are you Fu Yannian's hope, or Xue Jiudao's hope?" Huang Chun returned to normalcy and laughed at me.
"Hey, you don't hit people in the face, you don't have anything like that," I grabbed his sleeve and said, "Then do you like Wang Geng a little more, or do you like Wei Fu girl a little more?" ”
"I'll go-" Huang Chun pulled back his sleeve and said, "Who is the broken sleeve?" Tell me who is the broken sleeve? Then he deliberately leaned on my sleeve and sniffed it, and teased me, "If I have a broken sleeve, what about you?" ”